Accused purse snatcher is lingerie model

PORTSMOUTH - A Hanover Street woman, who police say forcibly stole a purse from a supermarket shopper on Tuesday, promotes herself on a social media site as a lingerie and bikini model.

Elizabeth Dinan

PORTSMOUTH - A Hanover Street woman, who police say forcibly stole a purse from a supermarket shopper on Tuesday, promotes herself on a social media site as a lingerie and bikini model.

Police say Julia Konchek, 21, of 37 Hanover St., #2, "forcefully" stole a purse from a woman at the Woodbury Avenue Market Basket Tuesday afternoon, then struggled with the woman as the purse and contents fell to the floor. Video surveillance images of the struggle show Konchek's alleged accomplice, Kyle Roy, 25, of 1 Mission Road, Gardner, Mass., then taking the woman's wallet before both ran from the store, say police.

Both were arrested Wednesday night and are scheduled to be arraigned this morning in the Portsmouth Circuit Court on robbery charges.

On her facebook page, Konchek features dozens of images of herself modeling swimsuits and underwear and says she's been a model for six years. On a modeling trade blog, Konchek posted that she aspires to model in Playboy magazine.

Based on a tip, police stopped a car the couple was in Wednesday night and a search was launched after they fled from the scene, said police, They were later found hiding in a residential basement, according to Lt. Russell Russo.

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